E6 - Better bend than break.

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[00:01] Chise
    Elias.
[00:04] Chise
    When we first met, why did you say
     you intended to make me your bride?
[00:14] Elias
    Well...
[00:19] Chise
    Tell me later, okay?
[00:41] Elias
    Renfred.
[00:45] Renfred
    What?
[00:46] Elias
    Have you ever considered taking
     someone as your spouse?
[00:53] Renfred
    Huh?
[02:31] Elias
    I'm looking for examples
    I might use to explain.
[02:35] Renfred
    Ah, to her, huh?
[02:37] Elias
    What about your girl?
[02:40] Renfred
    What about her?
[02:41] Elias
    Alice has a lot of magic power, but she
    doesn't quite have the talent to match.
[02:48] Elias
    I thought you were bringing her
    up to maintain your lineage.
[02:55] Renfred
    I'll admit that a lot of
    sorcerers think that way.
[03:02] Renfred
    But she's my daughter!
[03:06] Renfred
    I took her in!
[03:08] Renfred
    She's a slow learner.
[03:09] Renfred
    She's not physically tough.
[03:11] Renfred
    She's stubborn and clumsy, but she's honest.
[03:15] Renfred
    She's become attached to
    a combative guy like me.
[03:19] Renfred
    Unlike me, she smiles a lot.
[03:22] Renfred
    I would never have raised her
    for such a senseless reason.
[03:25] Renfred
    I'll protect her.
[03:28] Renfred
    Until she can make her own
    decisions and live her own life.
[03:32] Renfred
    That's my duty.
[04:07] Chise
    Alice.
[04:08] Alice
    Sorry to call you out of the blue.
[04:10] Alice
    And for making you pick me up, too.
[04:12] Chise
    It's fine.
[04:13] Chise
    There aren't any buses this late.
[04:16] Simon
    Hi, nice to meet you.
[04:19] Simon
    Call me Simon.
[04:20] Alice
    I'm Alice.
[04:21] Alice
    Nice to meet you, um...
[04:24] Chise
    He's a priest who's familiar
    with our circumstances.
[04:27] Simon
    Okay, let's go.
[04:33] Simon
    I never would have thought you'd come
    to me about something like this.
[04:37] Chise
    I'm sorry, I just couldn't
    think of anyone else to ask.
[04:42] Simon
    That's all right.
[04:43] Simon
    I'm really glad you made a friend, though.
[04:48] Alice
    N-Not really friends, so much as
    someone in the same situation.
[04:55] Simon
    Did you know?
[04:56] Simon
    You can describe a fact
    using many different words.
[05:01] Simon
    And you can summarize many different
    facts using just one word.
[05:06] Alice
    Uh-huh...
[05:07] Simon
    How many copies of the Bible do you
    think there are throughout the world?
[05:11] Chise
    Th-The Bible?
[05:14] Simon
    Over three billion, according to some counts.
[05:17] Simon
    That figure is contested, though.
[05:19] Alice
    That's a lot.
[05:21] Simon
    Do you think everyone who's read
    it interprets it the same way?
[05:26] Chise
    No.
[05:27] Simon
    Exactly.
[05:28] Simon
    The same words and bits of information
    mean something different to each person.
[05:35] Alice
    Right...
[05:37] Simon
    You asked for her help,
[05:38] Simon
    and she spent three hours of
    her time to pick you up.
[05:41] Simon
    And she, despite not liking to ask for
    help, was kind enough to rely on me.
[05:46] Simon
    So, I took the liberty of assuming that
    the two of you are close friends.
[05:53] Simon
    My apologies.
[05:56] Alice
    No, well...
[05:58] Chise & Alice
    We are friends.
[06:01] Simon
    I appreciate the honesty!
[06:06] Simon
    Here we are.
[06:14] Chise
    Thank you.
[06:16] Chise
    I'd like to repay you later.
[06:18] Alice
    Thank you.
[06:20] Simon
    Don't worry about it.
[06:21] Simon
    Good night.
[06:22] Chise & Alice
    Good night.
[06:31] Alice
    What is this?
[06:32] Alice
    What's it called?
[06:34] Alice
    It's different somehow.
[06:36] Chise
    Do you like it?
[06:37] Alice
    It's great.
[06:38] Alice
    I want the recipe.
[06:40] Elias
    What brings you here without Renfred?
[06:44] Alice
    I'm borrowing your apprentice for a night.
[06:49] Elias
    I'd rather not lend her out.
[06:51] Alice
    You've got Ruth.
[06:53] Elias
    Ew.
[06:54] Ruth
    That's my line.
[06:56] Chise
    Elias, I'll sleep in your room tomorrow.
[07:03] Elias
    Oh, fine.
[07:05] Alice
    Are you two sleeping together?
[07:29] Chise
    Did something happen?
[07:36] Alice
    Have you ever experienced
     suddenly being told
[07:40] Alice
    you don't need to do something that
    you were determined to pull off?
[07:45] Alice
    I'm still in the middle of studying and
    training, but I thought I could do it.
[07:51] Alice
    But it turns out that I wasn't
    being useful to Master at all.
[07:58] Alice
    How could I forget?
[08:01] Alice
    The same thing happened way back when, too.
[08:07] Alice
    It was like fireworks on
    New Years or Guy Fawkes Night.
[08:13] Alice
    The scene was just as vibrant
    and just as wretched.
[08:19] (Flashback) Alice
    Master, want some coffee?
[08:22] (Flashback) Renfred
    The powdered stuff you bought in bulk?
[08:23] (Flashback) Alice
    Crap, I was supposed to open
    the stuff he gave me first.
[08:29] (Flashback) Alice
    Were we expecting someone?
[08:31] (Flashback) Renfred
    No.
[08:35] (Flashback) Alice
    A kid?
[08:37] (Flashback) Alice
    I'll get it.
[08:38] (Flashback) Renfred
    Be careful.
[08:40] (Flashback) Alice
    Right.
[08:43] (Flashback) Joseph
    Hello, Miss.
[08:46] (Flashback) Alice
    Who the hell are you?
[08:48] (Flashback) Joseph
    Are you his apprentice?
[08:50] (Flashback) Joseph
    You don't look like him.
[08:51] (Flashback) Joseph
    So not his daughter, either.
[08:54] (Flashback) Renfred
    Did someone send you?
[08:55] (Flashback) Joseph
    Oh, sorry, I haven't even introduced myself.
[09:00] (Flashback) Joseph
    I'm Joseph.
[09:02] (Flashback) Joseph
    Some seeds I sowed a long time ago
    ended up producing a good yield.
[09:06] (Flashback) Joseph
    So I'd like your cooperation.
[09:08] (Flashback) Alice
    Huh?
[09:09] (Flashback) Alice
    What the hell are you going on about?!
[09:27] (Flashback) Joseph
    It's just like I heard.
[09:29] (Flashback) Joseph
    You protect your bodyguard.
[09:30] (Flashback) Alice
    Master...
[09:33] (Flashback) Alice
    Master!
[09:34] (Flashback) Joseph
    You're too soft.
[09:36] (Flashback) Alice
    You...
[09:47] (Flashback) Joseph
    You're not strong enough for me.
[09:51] (Flashback) Joseph
    You shouldn't expose your
    weakness like that, Mikhail Renfred.
[09:58] Alice
    Weakness...
[10:01] (Flashback) Joseph
    You seemed the most cooperative.
    Guess I was right.
[10:07] (Flashback) Joseph
    You're going to die if you
    don't do something about that.
[10:10] (Flashback) Joseph
    I'll stop the pain and bleeding for you.
[10:13] (Flashback) Joseph
    Oh, you're doing it yourself.
[10:19] (Flashback) Renfred
    What do you want?
[10:21] (Flashback) Joseph
    First off, I want to claim the
    corruption in the Kingdom of Cats.
[10:27] (Flashback) Renfred
    The corruption?
[10:29] (Flashback) Joseph
    It's gonna make a good ingredient
    in something I'm making.
[10:35] (Flashback) Joseph
    You don't have very long
    hair for a sorcerer.
[10:39] (Flashback) Joseph
    Do you specialize in logical construction?
[10:42] (Flashback) Renfred
    Well, anyway...
[10:47] (Flashback) Renfred
    I'd rather you don't have magic power.
[10:49] (Flashback) Renfred
    I can't have you resisting, after all.
[10:52] (Flashback) Renfred
    I'll redraw these for you, too.
[10:56] (Flashback) Renfred
    That way, you'll remember you've got a chain
    around your neck every time you look in the mirror.
[11:02] (Flashback) Renfred
    I like it.
[11:05] (Flashback) Renfred
    Well, I should probably explain.
[11:09] (Flashback) Renfred
    Don't worry, I'll give you your
    arm back as soon as I'm done.
[11:18] Alice
    I was so preoccupied with what
     was happening at the time.
[11:22] Alice
    Master protected me.
[11:25] Alice
    And we couldn't even get his arm back.
[11:28] Alice
    I've grown taller, but I'm not any stronger.
[11:32] Alice
    And yet here I am, acting like
    some badass bodyguard.
[11:38] Alice
    He said I'm a daughter to him.
[11:43] Alice
    "Daughter"?! What the shit?!
[11:45] Alice
    Thanks for raising your
     "bodyguard," damn it!
[11:50] Alice
    Sure, it was my own decision, but...
[11:54] Chise
    And it made you sad to hear him say that?
[12:00] Alice
    I didn't hate it, I guess.
[12:02] Alice
    I've lived with him at his
     house this whole time.
[12:09] Alice
    Like you would with your family.
[12:11] Alice
    But it still sucked to hear it.
[12:16] Alice
    I don't think of Master as my dad.
[12:20] Alice
    My idea of a father is
    a pathetic, worthless junkie.
[12:28] Alice
    Not someone as awesome as he is.
[12:32] Chise
    That's complicated.
[12:39] Alice
    What about you?
[12:41] Chise
    Me?
[12:43] Alice
    You're sleeping with him.
[12:45] Alice
    You aren't just master
    and apprentice, are you?
[12:49] Chise
    I guess not.
[12:52] Chise
    I don't really know, either.
[12:55] Chise
    He's my master, technically.
[12:58] Chise
    But we're technically also married, so...
[13:03] Alice
    Married...
[13:04] Alice
    You're in pretty deep.
[13:06] Chise
    I don't really think about it, usually.
[13:08] Chise
    Maybe we are, maybe we aren't.
[13:12] Chise
    I think other people usually use
    a different word to describe it.
[13:17] Alice
    That thing Simon said about people
    having different interpretations?
[13:24] Chise
    Yeah.
[13:26] Chise
    But whatever we call it, it doesn't
    change what it really is.
[13:32] Chise
    There are different ways of thinking
    about it, but the truth is still the same.
[13:37] Chise
    Renfred-san has his own interpretation
[13:40] Chise
    of your relationship with him,
    and you have your own, too.
[13:45] Chise
    Maybe it's the same thing
    with a different name.
[13:50] Alice
    Still, though, how would you feel
    if someone said Elias is your dad?
[13:59] Will-o'-the-Wisp
    You're so silly.
[14:01] Alice
    Brother.
[14:02] Will-o'-the-Wisp
    Who even cares what he thinks?
[14:05] Will-o'-the-Wisp
    You want to become his bodyguard, don't you?
[14:09] Will-o'-the-Wisp
    If you don't intend to change that,
     what's there to worry about?
[14:13] Alice
    Like I said...
[14:17] Alice
    I mean, yeah, you're right! But...
[14:21] Alice
    I...
[14:27] Will-o'-the-Wisp
    You're what?
[14:29] Alice
    I'm sleeping!
[14:39] Chise
    Good night.
[15:11] Chise
    You still aren't asleep.
[15:14] Elias
    Nor are you.
[15:15] Chise
    I was hearing Alice out,
    and now I can't sleep.
[15:20] Elias
    Did she want to discuss something with you?
[15:21] Chise
    Yes.
[15:29] Chise
    May I ask your answer to my
    question from this morning?
[15:34] Elias
    Can I think about it a bit longer?
[15:37] Chise
    There's so much to think about every day.
[15:40] Chise
    I might forget if I wait too long.
[15:51] Elias
    I thought it would be a convenient solution.
[15:54] Elias
    Whether you're a spouse or an
    apprentice, you'd be living with me.
[15:58] Elias
    If I had the same person be both,
    I'd have one less thing to deal with.
[16:05] Elias
    Are you disappointed in me?
[16:10] Chise
    To be honest, I expected as much.
[16:13] Elias
    You did...
[16:15] Chise
    I mean...
[16:18] Elias
    Although...
[16:20] Elias
    An apprentice eventually
    leaves their master.
[16:24] Elias
    You became my master and
     taught me all kinds of things.
[16:30] Elias
    You left me at one point.
[16:32] Elias
    And then you came back.
[16:35] Elias
    And I couldn't let you go.
[16:38] Elias
    And...
[16:40] Elias
    You said it was because you're my bride.
[16:46] Elias
    A married couple is supposed
    to stick together, right?
[16:50] Chise
    Honestly, it's not like that anymore.
[16:53] Elias
    Eh?
[16:54] Chise
    A lot of couples get divorced these days.
[16:59] Chise
    I think a married couple,
    or a master and apprentice...
[17:03] Chise
    are each just one interpretation. One role.
[17:06] Elias
    Role?
[17:08] Chise
    Whether you're parent and child or friends,
[17:11] Chise
    people have all kinds of
    relationships and roles.
[17:14] Chise
    They either take on those roles
    or wish the other person would.
[17:21] Chise
    Depending on who you ask, people have
    different names for the same role.
[17:26] Chise
    So we take on the roles of "master and
    apprentice" and "married couple," but...
[17:33] Chise
    But I guess we don't have to really
    stick to those roles so strictly.
[17:41] Elias
    Do you mean you don't appreciate being
    assigned the role of my bride or my master?
[17:48] Chise
    No, actually, I do appreciate it.
[17:50] Chise
    I don't hate it at all.
[17:53] Chise
    It's just that...
[17:59] Chise
    It doesn't matter how it started.
[18:04] Chise
    Whatever our roles,
[18:06] Chise
    I'm happy when I'm with you.
[18:11] Chise
    And it makes me happy to know
     that you can't let me go.
[18:27] Elias
    Happy?
[18:31] Chise
    "Happy" means...
[18:34] Chise
    I can make it through another day tomorrow.
[18:38] Chise
    As long as I have this memory, I can
    make through a hardship or two.
[18:43] Chise
    It cheers me up.
[18:45] Chise
    It makes my insides go "wahhh"...
[18:53] Elias
    I see.
[18:55] Elias
    So, right now, I'm happy that
    I got to speak with you,
[18:58] Elias
    and I feel lonely about
    having to go back to bed.
[19:04] Elias
    I think I'm probably happy to take
    on the role of your husband.
[19:11] Elias
    Is it all right if I continue in this role?
[19:15] Elias
    Frankly, I don't know what
    I'd do if you said no.
[19:25] Chise
    I'm still your master, too, though.
[19:29] Elias
    Yes.
[19:38] Alice
    I never managed to figure anything out.
[19:44] Alice
    And I ended up dumping all of it on Chise.
[19:48] Renfred
    It's noon.
[19:49] Renfred
    What happened to class?
[19:51] Alice
    Good morning, sir!
[19:53] Renfred
    Morning.
[19:58] Alice
    Damn it, screw this!
[20:01] Alice
    You might think of me as your daughter,
[20:05] Alice
    but I don't think of you as my dad at all!
[20:10] Renfred
    What are you...
[20:11] Alice
    I don't hate that you think
    of me as your daughter.
[20:14] Alice
    But that's not the role I want.
[20:17] Alice
    You keep talking about me being
    your duty or job and shit...
[20:20] Alice
    Do you think you're inferior
    to me or something?
[20:26] Renfred
    I was the one who set you on your path.
[20:29] Renfred
    I forced it on you in a way
     you wouldn't notice.
[20:32] Alice
    No!
[20:34] Alice
    You taught me my path!
[20:36] Alice
    And I took it because
    I thought it'd be good for me!
[20:40] Renfred
    If I hadn't taken you in, you would
     have chosen a more normal path.
[20:46] Alice
    There are no "what ifs"!
[20:49] Alice
    You chose me back then!
[20:52] Alice
    So now it's my turn to choose you!
[20:56] Alice
    Mikhail Renfred!
[21:09] Alice
    I'm done just being protected.
[21:12] Alice
    I'm begging you, let me protect you
    at least for that arm's worth.
[21:19] Alice
    I'll work harder.
[21:30] Renfred
    You're still a child, so long as
    you're just standing there shouting.
[21:41] Renfred
    It's an adult's duty to protect children.
[21:44] Renfred
    If you want to protect me, you
    can start by not skipping class.
[21:52] Alice
    You don't get it!